/// <summary>
/// Remove a comment in a string
/// </summary>
public static string RemoveComment(string bufferToManage, string commentStartTag)
{
if (bufferToManage == null)
{
throw new NolmeArgumentNullException();
}
if (commentStartTag == null)
{
throw new NolmeArgumentNullException();
}
string ResultBuffer, ResultBufferTrim;
int QuoteStart, QuoteEnd, iQuote;
int iCommentStart;
// Check if a comment is inserted
iCommentStart = bufferToManage.IndexOf(commentStartTag);
if (iCommentStart == -1)
{
// No comment inside, return same string
ResultBuffer = bufferToManage;
}
else
{
// A comment tag has been found but it may be inside a string
QuoteStart = bufferToManage.IndexOf("\"");
if (QuoteStart == -1)
{
// Return from [0..iCommentStart[
// Comment is at iCommentStart with length bufferToManage.Length-iCommentStart
ResultBuffer = bufferToManage.Substring(0, iCommentStart);
}
else
{
// Check before if quote start AFTER comment start
if (iCommentStart < QuoteStart)
{
// Return from [0..iCommentStart[
// Comment is at iCommentStart with length bufferToManage.Length-iCommentStart
ResultBuffer = bufferToManage.Substring(0, iCommentStart);
}
else
{
// String & comment both exists, check if last commentStartTag is after last quote so it's a real comment to end of line
QuoteEnd = bufferToManage.IndexOf("\"", QuoteStart + 1);
if (QuoteEnd == -1)
{
// [ERROR] String not well terminated, assume full string
ResultBuffer = bufferToManage + "\"";
}
else
{
iQuote = bufferToManage.LastIndexOf("\"");
iCommentStart = bufferToManage.LastIndexOf(commentStartTag);
if (iCommentStart > iQuote)
{
// Remove this comment
ResultBuffer = bufferToManage.Substring(0, iCommentStart);
}
else
{
// comment tag is inside string, don't modify
ResultBuffer = bufferToManage;
}
}
}
}
}
// Last stage, remove start spaces & stabs
ResultBufferTrim = ResultBuffer.Trim();
return(ResultBufferTrim);
}